Improvement in stove-feet



E. SMITH. iS'c uve-Feet.

Patented Aug. 25,1874. I

I: 'INVENTUB; I

THE GRAPHIC CO. FNOTOLITIJSSX 4-! PARK PLACE, NH.

UNITED STATES PATENT DEF-ICE.

ELIHU SMITH, OF ALBANY, .nEwYoRK.

i f a 7 IMPROVEMENT l N STOVE-l-EET.

's ei'ficstibhtor'mm part of Letters Patent No. 154,527, dated August25, 1874; application filed July 11, 1874.

To (all whom. it may concern Beit known that I, ELIHU SMITH, of Albany,in the county of Albany and in the State of New York, haveinv'entedcertain new and useful Improvements in Stove-Feet; and dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,making a part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a perspectiveview of the lower side of my improved leg and the portion of thebase-plate with which it is connected. Fig. 2 is a like View of theengaging surfaces of said leg and plate. Fig. 3 is a cross-section uponline :20 m of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is a like view upon line z z of samefigure.

Letters of like name and kind refer to like parts in each of thefigures.

The object of this inventlon is to present a secure and effective meansfor fastening a foot to a stove, whereby it shall be easily attached andheld firmly and constantly inplace at all times and under allcircumstances when the stove is in use, and yet capable of readydisplacement when it is necessary or desirable to have it removed; andto this end it consists in casting upon the lower or underface of thestove-plate dovetailed flanges, into and between which the sides'of thefoot-top slide and fit; and in providing in said plate, between saidflanges, certain indentations, to and into which certain correspondingprojections on the upper face of the foot-top shall-be fitted when thesaid foot is placed in position between said flanges, as aforesaid,allas will be more fully and particularly specified and describedhereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the stove-foot; B, a portionof the bottom plate of the stove. Upon the under side of this are castor affixed the dovetail flanges C. These flanges incline a little towardeach other from front to rear, so as to be adapted to the slightlywedge-shaped form of the top or horizontal portion A of the foot A.' Thelateral edges of this top are beveled a little from the top to thebottom, so as .to be more exactly adapted to these dovetailed flanges,as aforesaid. v The inner faces of these flanges being beveled, thelower edges incline inward at the bottom, and are thus adapted to fittightly to and upon the beveled edges of the horizontal portion A of thestove-foot. At

the inner ends these said flanges flare a very little for the purpose ofallowing a slight play to the foot when it is set home in place and inordinary use. Upon the upper face of the horizontal part or arm A of thesaid foot are cast projections or knobs a a, one near the central frontand the other in a corresponding position in the rear, while extendingcentrally from front to rear upon said upper face, and through saidprojections, is a ridge or rib, a. When the foot is fitted to saidflanges these knobs and this ridge or rib are adapted to coincide withand rest in the corresponding indentations b b and b betweenthe flangesin the under face of the stove-plate; but, while this union is not soeasily perfected that the parts can be readily adapted to the other, itis intended that there shall be so much friction between the projectionsor ridges on the upper face of the arm of the foot and the stove-plateas to require some force to send the foot home into position; but whenonce the two parts are so adapted to each other and fitted together theunion becomes exceedingly firm and permanent; so much so, indeed, thatthe liability of the foot dropping or being knocked out of place underany circumstances of ordinary use is entirely obviated. Every motion ofthe stove or of its foot only tends to set the leg more securely inplace and bind it faster in its seat; but when, for any cause, it isdesired to remove the foot from the stoveplate, it is only necessary togive one or two quick and nervous blows with a hammer or mallet upon theinner edge of the arm A of the foot to loosen its hold and enable it tobe readily displaced.

Upon the inner face of the leg is a central strengthening-rib, which mayor may not be ordinarily used, as seems necessary; also, upon said innerface of the foot, and at a little distance from its lower end, is aprojection, D. Under some circumstances this will be found a convenientsupport for the edge of the hot closet, sub-oven, under flue, or anydetachable and supplementary under portion of the stove to rest upon.

This device will supply a great and serious want in presenting a footthat is easily put in position, and practically can be set asjfast tothe stove-plate as an integral part of itself. Thus the danger ofaccident from the unintentional displacement of the foot is obviated,while, at the same time, the foot can, at any time when necessary, beeasily removed. v

I am aware that heretofore stove-feet have sometimes been made withholes through the arm, adapted to receive a key, spring, or otherlocking device; and also that feet have been provided with grooves orsimilar indentations to hold springs, catches, or the like, or that theunder side of the stove-plate has been so made for the same purpose. Inall these instances, however, a locking device of some kind isinvariably needed to unite the several parts. In my invention the legand the stoveplate, in their peculiar construction, as above fullyexplained, will, when placed together, as

herein set forth, become closely locked without the intervention of anyadditional means or part.

Having thus fully set forth the nature and merits of my invention, whatI claim as new In testimony that 1 claim the foregoing I I have hereuntoset my hand this 2d day of July, 1874. ELIHU SMITH.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM FITCH, J OHN R. YOUNG.

